Vegan Vanilla Frosting

4.58 from 7 votes

This vegan vanilla frosting is great for decorating cupcakes and for using on cakes! I like to pair vanilla frosting with vanilla, chocolate, and carrot cupcakes.

Prep Time10 mins

Total Time10 mins

Course: Frosting

Cuisine: American

Keyword: gluten-free, vegan

Servings: servings

Calories: 247kcal

Author: The Panicked Foodie

Ingredients

1/2 cup vegan butter, softened (I used Earth Balance)
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 tablespoon milk of your choice (I used original almond milk)
3 cups confectioner's sugar

Instructions

Add vegan butter, shortening, and vanilla extract to a large glass mixing bowl. Using an electric mixer, mix on medium speed until everything is creamed together.
Add confectioner's sugar, one cup at a time and mixing with an electric mixer on medium speed after each addition. After the second cup of confectioner's sugar, I added in 1 tablespoon of milk to thin the frosting out before adding more sugar.
After all of the sugar is added, whip the frosting by mixing at high speed for about a minute.
Use it to frost cupcakes or cakes. If you are not going to use it right away, you can store it in the refrigerator for 1-2 weeks. Let it warm up to room temperature though before frosting cupcakes or a cake with it.

Notes

For the nutrition facts, a serving means the amount of frosting used to decorate one cupcake (which equates to about 3 tablespoons of frosting).

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